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1) They
Love Not the Truth, So they are
condemned- 2
Thessalonians 2:10-12-
My friend this is part of the
scriptures CONCERNING
THE GREAT APOSTASY 2
Thessalonians 2:1-12!
We can not be saved by
faith alone
(John
3:21 James 2:14-26),
for we must also
Love
truth (2
Thess 2:10),
for God
is truth,
as Jesus
Christ said I am the way, the
Life and the truth (John
14:6).
For if we love Christ we will
also Love The Truth. GODS
TRUTHS! And as Jesus Christ
also said the Kind of
worshippers that God seeks are
those that
worships him in truth and in
spirit (John
4:23-24)!
It is
also the Truth of God that shall
set us free indeed (John
8:32).
In this we must never twist the
scriptures to suit
our own evil desires, for in
doing so then we would be
practicing and preaching a false
gospel and
following a false Christ, a
Christ that we created in our
own minds that is not the Jesus
Christ of the Bible (2Co
4:3-4, Gal 1:1-10).
So friend BEWARE of twisting
scriptures, BEWARE of
misunderstanding the
scriptures because you are to
lazy to study and understand
them especially the teachings of
Jesus Christ!
2) Religious
Works can not save, Only Faith
in Christ (Hab
2:4, Ro 1:1-17)-
I felt it best to include this
section regarding works before
all the other sections so that
there are no misunderstanding of
this teaching. So many
Christians completely takes the
verses regarding works way out
of context with complete
misunderstanding! So now my
friend Apostle Paul is talking
to the Roman Christian Jews by
letter dealing with "BEFORE
SALVATION" regarding that the
observance of the old Mosaic Law
can not save them, but only
Faith in Jesus Christ can and
does save them.
They
that are elected by grace
because they believe in Jesus
Christ are the remnant (Small
part) of the Jews
that
will be saved, since most Jews
reject Jesus Christ as
Messiah. So the Jews has the
same opportunities as the
Gentiles, Salvation by Faith not
of the old Jewish Works of the
Old Testament but of Faith in
Christ. Now many
of Christians seems to think or
act like salvation stops at
believing in Christ and do
nothing else, to not serve
Christ (Mt
10:24, 20:26-28),
that they are to bear good
fruits (Mt
3:8-10, 7:17-19, 12:33, 13:23,
21:43, Lk
6:43, John 4:36, 15:2-8, 15:16).
So
then my friend those that does
bear the fruits of Christ that
he commands us shall remain in
Christ and Christ
in
him, but those that do not bear
the commanded fruits will be cut
off and cast out into outer
darkness (Mt
22:13, 25:30, John 12:35-36)
they will be cutoff from Christ
forever (Mt
25:41, Lk 13:9, 21:36,
Ro
11:22).
3) Even
the Demons Believe, but They
have No Love (Mt
8:29, Mk 1:34, Lk 4:41-
Many of Christians are
taught by their churches that
all they have to do is to
believe in Jesus Christ, that he
is the son of God and that is
all
there is to salvation. But my
friend even the demons believe
that Jesus Christ is the son of
God with all
authority. Even James told the
people that even the demons
believe that there is one God (James
2:19).
So then
why doesn't that save them? It
is because they DO NOT LOVE GOD
NOR DO THEY LOVE
MANKIND, nor do they love their
enemies, and so on.
The
demons have no Love at all. So
friend Faith must be accompanied
by love, compassion, and truth
in order to be
a valid Faith, for Love is
greater than faith and hope (1
Co 13:13).
As James states that Faith
without works
is dead (James
2:14-26).
In other words works is the
EVIDENCE of your faith, if you
have no
evidence (works) you have no
faith! So then Your
Salvation not
only depends on your Faith
(Believing Gods
Words) and doing them (Mt
4:4, 7:24-29),
it depends on your Love (Mt
22:34-40),
your works as evidence you
have Faith (James
2:14-26)!
4) The
True Chosen People of God of
Today (1
Peter 2:4-10)
- The Jews are no longer the
chosen people
of
God (Hosea
9:15, Romans 11:21-22),
that ONLY True Born Again
Christian (Jews/Gentiles) are
the true
Chosen people of God (John
14:6)those
of faith as always in the Old
and the New Testament (Habakkuk
2:4, Romans
1:16-17).
Only through Jesus Christ can
anyone enter into the kingdom of
Heaven and be saved (John
14:6)
No Jew or Gentile can enter
heaven without repenting, and
believing (Mark
1:15),
and we must deny
your selves, pick up your cross
and follow Jesus Christ (Matthew
16:24)
in Truth and in Spirit
(John
4:23),
5) God
Foreknew (Foreknew Romans
8:29, Eph 1:4)
- God foreknew us (Rm
8:29)
before the foundation of
the
world (Ephesians
1:4),
everything about us, about what
we would do and what we would
say before we
were
ever born. If he didn't know all
of that, then there would not be
any future prophecies about the
coming
messiah, the last days, or any
other prophecies of any kind..
So from the beginning of time to
the end of time, (God
knew all things), God
knew who would and would not
come to salvation, and commit
their lives to his son
Jesus Christ. (1
John 3:20).
God
plans everything out in detail
in accordance with to his will,
and his good pleasure (Romans
12:2,
Philippians 2:13).
Not our will but his will be
done. Gods main plan is to get
rid of (Satan), all evil
permanently and those who
chooses to follow (Satan)
instead of Jesus Christ and then
create a new earth and a new
heaven (2Peter
3:13, Rev 21:1),
it will be like another garden
of Eden.
Biblical Proof -
It is Written: Romans
8:28-31
28 And
we know that all things work
together for good to those who
love God, to those
who are the called according to His
purpose.
29 For whom He
foreknew, He
also predestined to
be conformed to the
image
of His Son, that
He might be the firstborn among
many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He
predestined,
these He
also called;
whom He
called,
these He
also justified; and
whom He
justified,
these He
also
glorified.
6) God
Predestined (Romans
8:29-30, Eph 1:15, Eph 1:11)
- There
are those out there, that has
been
predestined (preselected)
for salvation
and have not yet come to
Jesus Christ in repentance,
obedience and
service. They eventually will
though. God knows all about the
future of everyone (See
above God Foreknew),
about
what we will do, what we will
say, and if we actually will
come to salvation through Jesus
Christ or not.
So
what does the word Predestine mean?
See the definition of the word
below.
MSN
Works Dictionary meaning
of Predestine
- preselect who will go to
heaven: in
some religious beliefs,
to
select in advance who will go to
heaven after death and who will
not.
7) God Calls/Invites (Calls Mt
22:14, 1 Thess 5:24, Eph 1:4 - Invites,
few Chosen Mt
22:3, 22:8,
Lk 14:24)
No
one can come to Jesus Christ
unless God calls them (Jn
6:44-45, 65),
or in some bible versions
invites them. God
draws them through the power of
the Holy Spirit to our Lord
Jesus Christ. For example at a
service; when a
person has a over whelming urge
(Holy Spirit draws them to
Jesus Christ) to go up
at a alter call and
confess their sins. But it is
not limited to going up for an
alter call.
A
person can get that over
whelming urge (Holy Spirit
draws them to Jesus Christ)
to come to Jesus Christ, at
any time no matter where they
are. When this takes place, it
is not the persons imagination
nor desire (Romans
9:16),
it is the power of God, the Holy
Spirit that is calling them (Calls Mt
22:14, 1 Thess 5:24) &
inviting them Invites Mt
22:3, 22:8,
Lk 14:24 to
come to Jesus Christ. Now this
does not mean that they will
answer Gods Calling (Gods
Invitation) to come to
Jesus Christ for salvation and
be committed to Jesus Christ
in
self denial and service.
Many
never do answer that calling and
come to Jesus Christ for
salvation. And some that do
answer that call, will
fall away and never return to
Jesus Christ (See Parable of the
Sower MT
13:3-9).
And others becomes lazy
and worthless servants (See MT
25:24-28). That
is one reason why Jesus said
"Few are Chosen". Only a
"FEW" of those that were called,
As it is written; Matthew
22:14 "For many
are called, but few
are
chosen.".
God may not offer the invitation
of salvation to the people
continually, time after time.
At
some time God may decide to no
longer try & draw them to his
son Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus
Christ
turned his back on the people of
the cities that refused to
repent to where most of his
miracles to place (See MT
11:20-24).
The people that does
answer that call of God and
stays committed to Jesus Christ are
the ones,
the only
ones that
God chooses for salvation in
order for them to serve him
according to his will and good
pleasure (Lk
12:32, Php 2:13)..
8) God
Elects/Chooses (Elect Mt
24:22, Mt 24:31, Mrk 13:27, Lk
18:7 - Chosen MT
12:18, 22:14 (Lk 9:35-
Acts
1:2), 22:14, Jn 13:18, 1Thess
1:4 Now
let us look at the meaning of
the word Elect before we
continue
with
this teaching.
MSN
Dictionary: Elect; vt religion choose
somebody for salvation: especially
in Christianity, to choose
somebody by divine will for
salvation
After
Gods calling, his invitation,
that is drawing people to Jesus
Christ his son in complete
commitment to
serving Jesus Christ, the slight
few people that has accepted God
invitation, God elects them,
chooses them for salvation, to
repent, to believe, for service
in Gods Kingdom in Jesus Christ.
according to Gods will and good
pleasure. God does not call us
for our own will, or our own
personal needs. By no means, no
he doesn't!
He
does not call us so we can live
a easy and comfortable life, by
no means no!
God
does not call us so we can get a
raise at our job, a nice house,
a nice car etc! By no means no! We
must deny
our selves,
(give up who we once were), be
transformed by the renewing of
the mind (See Romans
12:2), pick up
our crosses (share
in Jesus Persecutions, as those
who wish to live Godly Lives
will be persecuted (See 2
Tim 3:12)
and follow
Jesus (Abide
in Jesus/His Teachings, Learn
them and apply them, all of them
(See John
14:24) and (See MT
16:24)!
9) God
Draws People to Jesus Christ (Draws Jn
6:44-45, 65) Just
as John prepared the peoples
hearts for
the
coming of the Messiah Jesus
Christ God Prepares Their Hearts
in one way or another for
salvation
(Matthew
3:1-3)
& (Mark
1:2-8; Luke 3:1-20) Once
God has chosen those that he
elected for salvation,
then
he, (God) starts working on
them, drawing them via Holy
Spirit to his son Jesus Christ
to be saved, to
become Born Again with a
changing of heart & mind.
A
complete renewing of the heart
and the mind (See Romans
12:2).
And this is also so they will be
molded &
shaped into the likeness and
image of his son Jesus Christ
(See Romans
8:29).
We grow in the faith from
Infants (Non-Spiritual)
in Jesus Christ to (Spiritual)
adults in Jesus Christ (Spiritual
Maturity), (See 1
Co 3:1-4, 14:20, 1
Peter 2:1-3)).
In that we are called to be
Holy, to live Holy Lives, as a
pure Bride without
blemish, spot
or wrinkle.
10) They
get Knowledge of Salvation -
(Lk 1:76-77 To
give knowledge of salvation to
His people By the
remission of their sins, - This
is a part of Zach arias Prophecy
letting the people know that
John the Baptist will give
the knowledge of Salvation to
which is for people to repent of
their sins with Godly Sorrow
that does lead to
repentance (2
Co 7:10).
And then they will be prepared
to put their Faith in our Lord
Jesus Christ that is about
to appear.
So
then my friends, salvation
"ALWAYS BEGINS WITH REPENTANCE"
that is with Godly sorrow, to
feel
sorry
and regret for your sins against
God and against mankind, to
acknowledge your sins that you
have done. Once
you have done that then and only
then can you put your FAITH in
Jesus Christ our Lord, Savior,
King and
Teacher!
11) Law
is Your tutor - Galatians
3:24 Therefore
the law was
our tutor to bring us to Christ,
that we might be
justified by
faith.
- My friend with out
the law we would not know what
sin even was (Romans
7:7),
so in that
we
could not repent of what we do
not know. And repentance is a
requirement of salvation (Matthew
9:13)
so that
we can come to the saving Faith
of Jesus Christ. The law shows
us our wretched condition before
our
mighty and Holy God. For the law
was not made for the righteous
but for the unrighteous, the
lawless people, those
that has not yet come to the
saving Faith of Jesus Christ
through repentance (1
Timothy 1:9).
12) You
Must Repent & Believe (Mark
1:14-15, Mark
16:16)
- We are to turn away from our
sins, our sins
against God! A Godly Sorrow
produces repentance that leads
to salvation (See 2Co
7:10).
We are to hate
our
sins and the things of this
world. It is our remission of
sins that will give us knowledge
of Salvation
(Luke
1:77).
He is
calling us out of this world to
no longer be partakers in it (John
15:9, 17:14-16, Gal 6:14, Col
2:20, James
4:4)
In forsaking our sins, we are
denying our selves and
committing our selves to be
disciples of Jesus
Christ instead of being like
worldly pagans or religious
church goers only.
As written; if
we are a friend of this
world, we become an enemy of God (James
4:4).
And we are to believe in Jesus
Christ words-all
of them without
doubt (Matthew
21:21),
and without wavering in the
Faith. And we are to practice
(put to action) Jesus teachings
(John
14:15, John 14:23-24).
It is Written regarding our
sins; 2
Corinthians 7:9-11 (GODLY
SORROW)
9 Now I rejoice, not that you
were made sorry, but that your sorrow
led to repentance. For you were
made sorry in a godly manner,
that you might
suffer loss from us in nothing.
10 For godly sorrow produces
repentance leading to salvation,
not to be regretted;
but the sorrow of the world
produces death.
(BELIEVE) The Just
Lives by Faith (Hab
2:2-4, Ro 1:16-17, Gal 2:20,
3:11, Heb 10:38).
Have Faith as Abraham Did (Romans
4:1-4, 4:9-25)
- This Faith is not only
believing in God or in Jesus
Christ our Messiah that we can't touch or see, for
even the demons believe there is
one God (James
2:19).
Even the demons believe Jesus Christ is the Son
of God (Matthew
8:29, Mark 3:11, Luke 4:41).
But as Abraham believed in
Gods Promise (All Nations) will
be blessed through him without
doubting (Genesis
22:2-13).
Even though God
told Abraham to sacrifice his
only so, the heir so all nations
can be blessed through him as a
burnt offering. Abrahams Faith was followed by
actions, by his obedience
showing his Faith to which
proves his Faith in
God. Just as James has said;
Faith without works is dead (James
3:14-26).
In other words our Faith is
shown by what we do, not by what
we think or so.
If we say we have faith or even
think we have faith and yet do
not act on that Faith, then we
have no faith.
Now Faith is HIGHLY believing
Gods words (Bible), to accept
apply them to our daily ;lives
as Jesus Christ
has said; Matthew
4:4 But
He
answered
and said, "It
is written, 'Man shall
not live by
bread alone,
but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth
of God.'"*
13) You Must
be Born Again
(Born Again Jn
3:3)
To be Born Again can only be
done through the power of
God,
the Holy Spirit, not by mans own
doing. This is how we can tell
the difference between true
Christians
and
false Christians. Jesus Christ
him self said we must be Born
Again. To be "Born Again" means
you will be a new
creation (2Co
5:17)
and we are to be transformed by
the renewing of your mind (Ro
12:2).
My friend you
will no longer be the same
person that you once were. You
will be a totally different
person, with a new
way
of looking at life, and a new
self in many ways
and you will hate and be
disgusted with your sins more
than anyone else's sins.
14) You
Must Deny Your Self (Deny
Self Mt
16:24a) We
must surrender our bodies, our
complete lives and
souls
to Gods will, his holy ways, and
his holy purposes even if it
means for us to be killed for
his name sake as so
many Christians through out
history has happened to them.
Read Fox's
Book of Martyrs & church
history more
info regarding Christian
martyrs. This also
means that our past lives are
gone, we gave that life up. Now
we
are new people, Born Again,
into the body of Jesus Christ
and we now desire the things of
God instead of the
things of this wicked world.
15) You
Must Pick up your Cross (Carrying
Cross) Mt
16:24b) This
meaning is that we are to share
in the
persecutions, and the sufferings
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus
Christ said we will be excluded,
hated,
persecuted, falsely accused,
imprisoned and even killed
because of his Holy Name. And if
we are true Born
Again
Christians at least some of
those things will happen to us,
because the Name Jesus Christ
and his Holy
Truths carries allot of power,
and evil hates truths! Satan
and his demons, and servants of
this world hates Jesus
Christ and his Holy Truths.
16) You
Must Follow Jesus Christ (Follow
Christ Mt
16:24c)
This is to be Christ Like, the
very image of
Gods
son, to abide in Jesus Christ in
ways of trusting him, learning
and obeying his teachings, to
love and to live
as Christ did in love, to do as
Jesus Christ did in humility, to
care for each other, but all of
that is done with
truth and in accordance to sound
doctrine. We are to be molded
into the image of Gods son,
Jesus Christ, to
also have the same view point
and outlook towards the world as
Jesus Christ does. We are to do
Gods will
as Jesus Christ our Lord has
done. Only those who does the
will of God shall be saved (MT
7:21, MT
12:50, JN 6:40).
17) Do
the Will of My Father, by Not
Practicing Sin (Mt
7:21-23, 13:41 - My
Brother/Sister Mt
12:50)
-
This
is another part dealing with
"Biblical Salvation" that most
churches never seem to teach
there
congregations about and many
never read. That is what Jesus
Christ has said to us through
his words! And as
well Apostle Paul has warned us
about practicing sin too (Ro
1:32, 2:1-2, Gal 5:19-21, 1Jn
1:6, 3:10).
So as
far as Gods will, it is NOT
GODS WILL for
us to sin, especially to
practice sin, instead it is GODS
WILL for
us to live Godly and Holy Lives
regardless the cost to our
selves (Titus
2:12-13).
In doing so we
do
the will of God in accordance to
scripture and not some manmade
ideas.
18) Do
not be of the Great
Apostasy 2Thess
2:1-12 - Without Love
of the Truth;
They Can't Be
Saved 2Thess
2:10-11 -
For a
long time there has been many of
satins lying wonders, power and
signs that not only has come
into this
wicked world, but also inside of
the churches as well to deceive
the church leaders and
congregations with many
of his (satins) lies (False
Doctrines).
And for Satan it is easy to
deceive the many of self
proclaimed Christians THEY
DO NOT LOVE THE TRUTH, (TRUE
TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE).
And
those false demonic teachings
always involve selfish ambitions
(2Co
12:20, Gal 5:20),
it is what I call the me,
me doctrine! Instead of serving
Christ and others, they expect
Christ and others to serve them
and their own
selfish desires! Some of the
False doctrines that is related
to the me, me doctrines are
prosperity, health,
wealth, emergent church,
philosophy doctrines, word
faith, Chrislam, Pentecostalism,
the list goes on.
So
since THEY
DO NOT LOVE THE TRUTH,
God has given them a strong
delusion to believe a lie
(2
Thess 2:11-12))
so they will believe false
teachers such as Joel Olsten,
Rick Warren, Joyce Meyer, John
Hagee, TBN, Benny Hinn and so
on. Just remember a bad tree
(TBN) can not bear good fruit
(True
Teachers Etc) (Matthew
7:18)
In order that they may be
condemned to hell forever (2
Thess 2:11-12)
since
they DID
NOT LOVE THE TRUTH!
In
this they will believe the lies
of the false teachers, false
Apostles, false Evangelist and
Prophets etc! There are
those that don't think sound
doctrine (Biblical
Truths)
is important, and yet Apostle
Paul himself said sound
doctrine is very important (1
Timothy 4:16).
My friend it is the Mormons, the
Jehovah Witness,
Pentecostalism, SDA,
Health-wealth-prosperity, Word
Faith etc that DID
NOT TAKE HEED TO BIBLICAL
TRUTHS, SOUND DOCTRINES is
how they all got started.
19) Faith
is Dead without Works (James2:14-26 )
- These verses my friend refers
to after you are saved, not
before you are saved. (See
Section 1 Above).
Apostle Paul in (Romans
1:16-17)
teaches (Justification,
Doctrine of Faith),
but here James
is teaching against the abuse of
Paul's teaching
(Justification, Doctrine
of Faith) to which many
of today are abusing Paul's
teaching (Justification,
Doctrine of Faith). In
other words there are many that
has a (Pretense of Faith) to
which is not faith at all.
They
bear no evidence of their faith,
no fruits of their faith (James
2:15-18).
James just use one example, one
idea
of Faith without works is dead.
He used a brother and sister who
has no clothing and no food as
this
example. There are countless
numbers of ways that Christians
have no Faith with they say they
have Faith. They
bear no good fruits as John (Mt
3:8)
and Jesus Christ himself
commanded us to do (Mt
7:19, 13:23..So On).
There
are many of Christians who
abuses Paul's (Teaching,
Justification of Faith by
thinking all they have to do
is
believe in Jesus Christ and then
they don't have to do anything
to serve Jesus Christ and help
to advance the
kingdom of Jesus Christ, except
go to church and tithe. And yet
there are countless numbers of
New
Testament scriptures that
commands us to do, to serve, to
obey, to
love-enemy-poor-widow-God-Neighbor,
and
so on. MY FRIEND do you now
understand what James is getting
at in these verses (James
2:14-26)?
20) Workout
Your Salvation (Philippians
2:12-18)
- My friend in working out our
own salvation means to grow
in the Faith (1
Co 3:1-3, 1 Pe 2:1-3),
so that our salvation becomes
completed, filled with Love
towards God
and Mankind, for us to became
Holy in Gods sight (Mt
5:48, 2 Co 6:11-18, Eph 1:4,
5:27, 1 Pe 1:15-16,
Rev 22:11)
and to be blameless before him (Lk
1:6, 1 Co 1:8, Php 2:15, Col
1:22, 1 Th 3:13, 2 Pe 3:14,
Eph 1:4, 5:27).
This is so that we as well will
be counted worthy (Mt
3:8, 10:37-39, 22:8, 24:45--25:46,
Lk 20:35-36, Col 1:10, 2 Th 1:5)
at the judgment seat of our Lord
Jesus Christ (Mt 3:36-24:45--25:46,
Romans 14:10, 2 Co 5:9-11).
So then my friend when the
rapture takes place let us pray
that we will be counted worthy,
holy and blameless when we stand
before Jesus Christ judgment
Seat!
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What
does God do to prepare (choose)
a person for salvation?
What steps to salvation does God
do? You
may have heard many people say
all kinds of things about
salvation, what they think it
is. The most popular in many of
churches of today is to say a
prayer and believe and that is
all there is. Well friend that
is far from the truth according
to Jesus Christ teachings alone,
not to mention what Apostle Paul
and the Disciples has taught
about Salvation. And there are
countless numbers of